Gov. Perry: The face of GOP opposition — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican who has seen thousands of unaccompanied children flood across his state's border, has seized the spotlight in recent days to become the national face of opposition to President Obama's immigration policies.

Obama Presses Perry to Rally Support for Border Funds — DALLAS — President Obama on Wednesday directly challenged Gov. Rick Perry of Texas to rally Republicans in support of a $3.7 billion emergency measure aimed at solving the humanitarian crisis caused as thousands of Central American children have crossed the Mexican border.

Gaining Ground: Americans' Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care After the Affordable Care Act's First Open Enrollment Period — A new Commonwealth Fund survey finds that in the wake of the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working-age adults …

The Rant Agenda — So little time, so much bad behavior to complain about. — Congress is back! Thank heavens, because there's a crisis at the border, and the Highway Trust Fund is about to expire. Plus, the Export-Import Bank is teetering on the brink of disaster.

Chinese Hackers Pursue Key Data on U.S. Workers — WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers in March broke into the computer networks of the United States government agency that houses the personal information of all federal employees, according to senior American officials.

America's Shifting Statehouse Press — Can New Players Compensate for Lost Legacy Reporters? — Within America's 50 state capitol buildings, 1,592 journalists inform the public about the actions and issues of state government, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.

Moderate voters are a myth — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — There is no creature more revered in American politics than the moderate voter. Unlike the ideologues and partisans destroying politics, the moderate is free of cant and independent of party.

McDaniel backers killing his political future — By continuing the fight over the primary, Chris McDaniel and his supporters are risking a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, not to mention McDaniel's own political future. — CONNECT — Chris McDaniel, candidate for the U.S. Senate …

Spill closes House side of Capitol — Most of the House side of the U.S. Capitol has been re-opened, after an asbestos scare. — The East Grand Staircase, a major staircase in the Capitol, remains closed. — Capitol Police and the Architect of the Capitol were investigating whether there was a …

Hillary Clinton's ‘Hard Choices’ shows who she is — The reviews are in on Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton's history of her four-year tenure as U.S. secretary of State. They are almost all positive. Her book sales are strong — No. 1 on The New York Times best sellers list for three weeks in a row.

Democrats push race issues, revving up their voters — Democrats are injecting race into the 2014 midterm elections amid fears that a drop-off in minority voters could severely cost them at the polls this fall. — Democratic leaders in Congress and administration officials …

Media Ignorance Is Becoming A Serious Problem — Last week, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt interviewed Zach Carter, who is The Huffington Post's senior political economy reporter. The interview's purpose was to discuss Carter's negative response to Hewitt's previous interview of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Obama's absurd and expensive border strategy — Editor's note: Newt Gingrich is a co-host of CNN's “Crossfire,” which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays, and author of a new book, “Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America's Fate.”

Boehner says no to impeachment — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday said he doesn't support calls from members of his party to impeach President Obama. — Asked about former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's comments that Obama should be impeached over the influx …

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